Question
What medicine should be used for white tongue coating, red cheeks, and dry stools?
Answer
Dry stools are generally caused by insufficient body fluids. Insufficient fluids can be due to either cold or heat conditions. If you experience dry mouth along with excessive drinking that does not quench your thirst, yellow urine, a red tongue with little coating, or a yellow tongue coating, it suggests the presence of pathogenic heat within the body and fluid depletion. If you have dry mouth and tongue, drink less water or prefer hot drinks, have non-yellow urine, feel fatigued, and are prone to colds, with a white or thin white tongue coating, it may indicate a Qi deficiency affecting the distribution of fluids.